The next DeVos Medical Ethics Colloquy will focus on the ethical implications of legalizing marijuana for medical and non-medical use.
The colloquy, "Is America Going to Pot?" will take place Monday, March 14, at Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences in Grand Rapids.
A live webcast will be available for faculty members who may want to include the event in their course planning for the winter semester. The webcast link will be available at www.gvsu.edu/colloquy closer to the date of the event.
The colloquy will include presentations by Kevin Hill, director of Substance Abuse Consultation Services for the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse at McLean Hospital in Massachusetts, who will speak in favor of the legalization of marijuana; and Yasmin Hurd, Ward-Coleman Chair of Translational Neuroscience and director of the Center for Addictive Disorders at Mount Sinai Behavioral Health System in New York, who will address the negative aspects of its legalization.
Jean Nagelkirk, vice provost for Health, said the topic was selected because of active discussions taking place in state legislatures across the country and the national media attention it has received.
The event is free and open to the public. RSVP is required at www.gvsu.edu/colloquy.
The colloquy series takes place twice a year, once in the fall and winter. It was established in 2005 by Richard and Helen DeVos in response to a need for a forum where topics of medical and ethical significance could be discussed. Grand Valley became the host of this biannual medical ethics speaker series in June 2015, thanks to a gift from the Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation.
For more information, contact Diane Dykstra in the Office of the Vice Provost for Health at [email protected] or (616) 331-5876.
